Thursday, June 19, 2014

HighlightsMonitoring and Prediction
The South Western region of the country, particularly Kalutara and Ratnapura districts shall continue to receive high rainfall during this week. Some models predict rainfall in the entire western half of the country during the next few days. The rest of the country shall not receive a significant amount of rainfall during the next couple of weeks. The Sea surface temperature around the country is warmer than usual. Sustained El Nino conditions are predicted by June- July of this year.

HighlightsMonitoring and Prediction
Existing rainfall condition shall decrease in different rates till 7th June 2014. However, western slopes and coasts are likely to observe significant rainfall event during 2nd-5th June 2014. For the eastern slopes and coasts significant dry condition is likely to observe during the beginning of June 2014.

Monday, June 16, 2014

HighlightsMonitoring and Prediction
Existing rainfall condition shall increase further till 10th and gradually decrease till 14th June 2014. For western slopes and coasts, rainfall is likely to decrease during prediction period (6th-12th June 2014). However, for the eastern slopes and coasts rainfall is likely to increase during the prediction period and significant rainfall events are expected during 9th-20th June. For northern and southern regions significant rainfall events are expected during 7th-11th June 2014.